London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L) is looking into using blockchain to build what it described on Monday as "an end-to-end digital market ecosystem to raise and transfer capital across asset classes". Murray Roos, head of capital markets at LSEG, earlier said that the London-based exchange had been examining the potential for a blockchain-powered trading venue for around a year and had reached an ""inflection point"". Blockchain, best known as the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and other crypto assets, is a digital ledger that records and verifies transactions. LSEG's move comes as a number of mainstream financial institutions are talking about the potential for blockchain to streamline the process of issuing and trading financial assets. LSEG is exploring plans to build an end-to-end digital market ecosystem that will allow for the raising and transfer of capital in a more seamless, cost-efficient way across asset classes.